Bills, by many other names

Bill titles, with their often loaded and coded language, have become marketing tools for lawmakers looking to sell their policies to their colleagues and constituents. From clever acronyms to carefully chosen buzzwords, the names of peices of legislation are rarely afterthoughts.

Here's a look at some of the immigration and other bills floating around Congress, translated.

Translation: There's something in here for everyone! Sealing up the borders? Yup. Creating jobs? Done. Also, it's not that scary, liberal "reform," it's just "modernization" (i.e., the current system is outdated.)